Lucknow: It was a dream come true for winners of the Metro-LSG Poetry contest when they got a chance to meet their favourite LSG Cricketers and watch them in action during a practice session at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, today.
The contest which was a part of Lucknow Metro-LSG partnership, witnessed great response from Lucknowites who sent their creative poetries in larger numbers. Lucknow Metro shortlisted 5 best entries and arranged a very special Meet of the winners with the LSG Cricketers in the Ekana Stadium. Lucknow Metro arranged for special vehicles for the winners to reach Ekana and gave them a once in a lifetime gift of watching LSG practice session followed by a one-on-one meeting with players.
The winners Prince Singh, Anshuman Mishra, Kirti, Sumit Gupta and Adarsh Chaturvedi were ecstatic to meet their favourite LSG team and expressed heartfelt gratitude to Lucknow Metro for gifting them this experience of a lifetime.
MD UPMRC Sushil Kumar said, “I congratulate all the winners who won the chance to for this special meet and greet with the LSG team. Lucknow Metro is not just your go to transport medium, but is also synonymous with ‘Transporting Happiness’ with year along public engagement activities and experiences. The midnight metro trains that we are operating on IPL match days are a testimony to our consistent efforts to provide the people of Lucknow with a world class travel experience.”
TheLucknow Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The metro is owned and operated by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC). The frequency of the metro’s services is around 5 – 7 minutes.
Along with Delhi Meerut RRTS, Meerut Metro, Noida-Greater Noida Metro, Kanpur Metro and Agra Metro, it is one of the 5 operational metro networks in Uttar Pradesh.
It is the 3rd largest urban transit system in Uttar Pradesh after Delhi Meerut RRTS and Noida Metro.
